Legal Mastermind Podcast - Presented By Market My Market

2023 In Review So Far Part 1 features Paul Warren, Dr. Jason Gart, Dan Martell, Cynthia Pong, and Jaclyn Foster.

More About Our Guests:

Paul Warren is the Vice President of Operations at MMMX, Market My Market’s newest endeavor launched in 2022, and a multi-faceted marketing executive.

Featured Episode: 195

Episode Link: https://legalmastermindpodcast.com/ep-195-paul-warren-market-my-markets-mmmx-optimizes-your-businesss-local-search-assets/

Discussed:

• Increasing Your Business’ Local Optimization

Dr. Jason Gart is a nationally recognized applied historian and vice president at History Associates Incorporated (HAI), a litigation research and analysis consultancy in Rockville, Maryland.

Featured Episode: 199

Episode Link: https://legalmastermindpodcast.com/ep-199-jason-gart-what-is-the-value-of-historical-document-analysis-for-your-firm/

Discussed:

• The Value of Research Methods

Dan Martell is the best-selling author of Buy Back Your Time and the founder of SaaS Academy. He is also an award-winning Canadian entrepreneur, investor, and coach to over 1000+ SaaS founders, including clients like ClickFunnels, Proposify, and Carrot.

Featured Episode: 200

Episode Link: https://legalmastermindpodcast.com/ep-200-dan-martell-crack-the-code-to-buying-back-your-time/

Discussed:

• Buying Back Your Time
• Utilizing the Buy Back Principle

Cynthia Pong is the Founder and CEO of Embrace Change. Cynthia is a nationally recognized, award-winning, NYU-trained lawyer turned career coach whose passion is helping women of color realize their ambitious career goals.

Featured Episode: 201

Episode Link: https://legalmastermindpodcast.com/ep-201-cynthia-pong-growing-your-brands-potential/

Discussed:

• Best Practices to Advance Your Career

Jaclyn Foster is the Founder of Del.Trust Legal Recruiting and Staffing as well as a legal talent acquisition and retention specialist.

Featured Episode: 203

Episode Link: https://legalmastermindpodcast.com/ep-203-jaclyn-foster-establishing-your-firms-hiring-experience/

Discussed:

• Determining Your Firm’s Hiring Process

Victor Demesmin Jr and Jeremy Dover started Demesmin and Dover Law Firm during the novel pandemic. While all odds seemed to be against the two young lawyers, they overcame every obstacle that was placed in front of them.

The law firm that started with just the two of them has since grown to a team of about seventy-five people. The firm strives to be involved with and aid the community to grow right alongside the firm.

Victor and Jeremy have built an internal culture and outside presence that makes them pillar individuals in the community. As Demesmin and Dover law firm grows so does its impact on Florida.

Connect with Victor on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victor-demesmin-jr-11856b11a/

Connect with Jeremy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-dover-90663b93/

Visit Demesmin & Dover's Website: https://www.youraccidentattorneys.com/

On This Episode, We Discuss…

• Establishing a Credible & Sustainable Hiring Process for Your Firm
• Marketing Your Firm Efficiently & Effectively
• Prioritizing a Work/Life Balance

David Crum works in a dual role as CEO of US Legal Groups and Cardinal Concepts.

US Legal Groups is the parent company of three divorce and family law firms in New Mexico (New Mexico Legal Group), Colorado (Colorado Legal Group), and Nebraska (Nebraska Legal Group). Cardinal Concepts is a marketing agency designed exclusively to provide the highest marketing and consulting services to divorce and family law firms across the United States.

David's team consists of over 80 highly talented, motivated, fun-to-work-with legal professionals.

Connect with David on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidgcrum/

Visit US Legal Groups' Website: https://us-legalgroups.com/

Visit Cardinal Concepts' Website: https://cardinalconcepts.com/

Check out David's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Divorce-Assassin-really-lawyer/dp/0996810706

On This Episode, We Discuss…

• Making the Most of Your Firm's Budget
• Determining Growth Expectations for Your Firm
• How to Market Effectively on Social Media
• Avoiding Threats to Your Firm

Eric Fong is one of the top trial lawyers in the country, with 100+ high-stakes civil and criminal cases argued to verdict, both before juries and courts of appeals.

Some of his notable cases include helping to establish the constitutional right of intimate association in Washington State, where he defended the rights of low-income housing residents against oppressive crime control measures, and most recently, obtaining a $91M judgment, the largest compensatory damages verdict in Washington State, for his client in a personal injury lawsuit.

Eric also represented George Clinton, the iconic funk musician/artist, in the largest copyright case in American history and helped him keep his historic music catalog. He has received many awards, including being named a Top 5% Super Lawyer and Top 100 Trial Lawyer in America for 13 consecutive years, and taught at the prestigious Trial Lawyers College for 17 years.

Connect with Eric on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-fong-6963237/

Visit the Eric Fong Law Website: https://www.ericfonglaw.com/eric-fong

On This Episode, We Discuss…

• What is a Trial Attorney?
• Understanding the Role of a Trial Attorney
• The Necessity of Constantly Learning
• Improving Justice in the Courtroom

Original Broadcast Date: January 27, 2020

Melanie Leonard is the founder of streamlined.legal.

Clio Gold Certified Consultant and Attorney Melanie Leonard offers personalized consulting services, training, and education to law firms that are looking to create efficiency in their daily workflow and optimize the use of practice management software throughout their firm.

Chris Gwinn is the founder and CEO of Great Lakes Advisory.

Chris built his company around standardizing operating procedures, leadership development, documenting processes, instructional design, training, and getting everyone aligned. He has successfully implemented a 100% remote team, increased productivity, and promoted autonomy with his employees.

Great Lakes Advisory makes businesses easier to manage by documenting their processes, clearly defining their standard operating procedures, and having world-class training experiences to get everyone aligned, so the company runs on repeatable processes.

Chris shares a passion for operations, processes, finance, investments, and working with people. Chris holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting and finance from Marquette University. He has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA®) designation.

Connect with Chris on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-gwinn-cfa-96383b26

Visit Great Lakes Advisory's Website: https://greatlakesadvisory.com/

On This Episode, We Discuss…

• How to Measure Success
• Standardizing Operating Procedures
• The Agency Accelerator Podcast

Simon Severino is the CEO and Founder of the consulting firm, Strategy Sprints. He is also the author of the book, Strategy Sprints.

Severino has helped thousands of entrepreneurs reach financial freedom to where they have a firm that runs without being dependent on them. Leaders within the B2B world can uplevel their daily business and career performance with Severino's assistance. He is an established speaker having spoken with TEDX and the highly-acclaimed podcast Entrepreneurs on Fire, and possesses a superpower in scaling businesses.

Connect with Simon on LinkedIn: https://at.linkedin.com/in/simonseverino/en

Visit Strategy Sprints' Website: https://www.strategysprints.com/

On This Episode, We Discuss…

• How Strategy Sprints Creates Growth for Your Firm
• The Buyer Cycle Method
• Building Value & Success for Your Clients

Original Broadcast Date: September 20, 2019

Renee Branson is the Founder of RB Consulting. By combining over 20 years as a mental health professional, educator, and non-profit executive, her passions are helping individuals, teams, and organizations cultivate resilience.

RB Consulting was created to bring the power of resilience into the workplace so that people could cultivate mental well-being and organizations could maintain high-performing teams.

Connect with Renee on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reneebransonmancc/

Visit RB Consulting's Website: https://reneebranson.blog/

On This Episode, We Discuss…

• How Mental Health Issues Could Impact Your Firm's Productivity and Bottom Line
• Best Practices for Addressing the Onset of Mental Health Problems in Your Firm
• ABA’s Health and Wellness Initiative

Shreya Ley is the President of LayRoots, an asset protection firm that treats clients like people, not case files. They are dedicated to helping families and business owners create solid foundations for an awesome life.

LayRoots uses trust, business, and intellectual property laws to help people, own & structure their assets in a way that prevents stupid lawsuits and minimizes possible losses or damage.

Connect with Shreya on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shreya-ley-36b46825/

Visit LayRoots' Website: https://www.layroots.com/

On This Episode, We Discuss…

• The Story Behind LayRoots
• Establishing a Specific Niche-Practice for Your Firm
• Asset Protection, Business Planning, & Estate Planning

Guido Tebano is the Head of Sales, Non-Legal Accounts for Market My Market and the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for MMMX.

Guido specializes in maximizing client revenue by partnering with clients to implement best practices for digital marketing and multi-location enterprises.

Connect with Guido on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/guido-tebano/

Visit Market My Market's Website: https://www.marketmymarket.com/

On This Episode, We Discuss…

• Best Practices for Your Firm Outside of Marketing
• How to Approach Business Development
• The Importance of Referrals & Reviews